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RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1947 – August 4, 1966
Service recordRodney Willard Casselman, of Arcadia, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Arcadia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 105
- JOHN ROBERT BURNSCaptain · August 4, 1966
- RAYMOND JOHN CHURCHILLSergeant · August 4, 1966
- JOE LAWRENCE HILLPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- RAY ELDRIDGE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JOHN CHURCHILLSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 105
- JOE LAWRENCE HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 105
- RAY ELDRIDGE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 105
- TIMOTHY ANDREW VELTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 106
From Arcadia
- CRAIG RAY SCHOENBAUMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- RICHARD RAY IRWIN JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- VAUGHN MAURICE HINESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- EUGENE STANLEY HICKSSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR ZAGERSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN BOOMSMAPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JAMES CARL FOXPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
- JAMES ANDREW LEACHPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- PATRICK MICHAEL WARDCaptain · September 11, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.